Salida, Colorado

After driving through endless flat in Kansas and the first part of Colorado we finally ran right into the biggest mountains I've ever seen! They're huge! They're just huge! They're all pointy and rocky and go on forever.

Soon we were driving through them in a deep canyon next to a rushing river. Here's a picture of me sitting on a rock that's actually in the Arkansas River. Dad didn't want me to play in it. He's a scardy wuss. He finally said it was okay if I didn't go near the current. The water was freezing, but the sand and rocks were great and I had a blast!

We drove on with giant rocks piled on each side of us for a couple of hours until we came to Salida. Salida's a neat little town. I like it. There was a great park downtown where I watched guys and girls in kayaks flipping around on a big rapid next to the bridge. Again I wanted to get in, but Dad only let me put my feet in this time. What's up with him? This is vacation, right!?

Hays, Kansas

Here's a shot of me looking for something to do in Hays, Kansas of which there is NOTHING! It's out in the middle of endless prairie which is kinda cool to see but I wouldn't want to live here.

So...we'll eat supper and, seeing as there is no pool at the hotel (thanks, Dad), we'll watch The Cartoon Channel until time to sleep.

Were going to have breakfast at the Village Inn in the morning. But Dad calls it the Village Idiot saying there's nothing "good for you" to eat there. Aren't pancakes "good for you"? They taste "good for you". "Pancakes, please!"

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

We drove six hours today. It was kinda boring on the way, but it was worth it. We ended up in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We shopped downtown and picked up some cool stuff. Then we ate pizza at the world's smallest restaurant. Here I am standing on a bridge that crosses Main Street.

Then we went back to the hotel and swam in a pool that was also a movie theater. Finding Nemo was playing as we splashed each other. Then I played some video games in an arcade upstairs until it was time to pass out.

Tomorrow we go to Kansas. Yawn.

Welcome!

This blog was created to share photos and journal entries for the Road West trip that me and Dad are taking this summer. I hope we can add something interesting every day. Please come and visit while we're on the road.

See you "out there".

Adam